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As a diagnostics platform company that provides serious or complex laboratory testing, Mayo Clinic Laboratories is constantly working to advance patient care and broaden access to specialized testing. Learn about the latest news from Mayo Clinic Laboratories here, including new test launches, collaborations, operational updates, and more.
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Christopher Garcia, M.D., shares how secure digital tools, wearable data, and AI can enable more personalized diagnostic pathways, while still keeping clinicians in the driver’s seat.
Top highlights include: US adult cigarette smoking rate hits new all-time low, ongoing search for long COVID treatment continues, and scientists try to understand the impact of social media on teens.
A specific type of fungal species, Candida auris, is raising concern in health care facilities around the world. First discovered in Japan in 2009, Candida auris is responsible for an increasing number of serious and often fatal fungal infections. Nancy Wengenack, Ph.D., director of the Mycology and Mycobacteriology Laboratories at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, explains why these infections are difficult to treat.
Thank you to all laboratory professionals for their efforts to provide critical answers for patients every day, and drive innovation in the field of medicine.
Top highlights include: Millions expected to lose dental care coverage, overdose deaths of elderly on the rise, and Minnesota Health Department urges caution for well owners as flood waters rise.
Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s Clinical Virology Laboratory, provides insight on the newest COVID-19 subvariant – XBB.1.16, also known as “Arcturus.”
Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s Clinical Virology Laboratory, provides an update on the ongoing global avian influenza outbreak and what’s being done to prepare for a potential human-to-human outbreak.
Top highlights include: Adderall shortage is taking a toll, scientists are reconsidering the dangers of prospecting for unknown viruses, and can community paramedcine improve health outcomes in rural America?
Having an efficient and effective supply provision program is a cornerstone for laboratory outreach program success. By providing adequate specimen collection supplies in compliance with current regulations, the outreach laboratory-customer relationship is certain to succeed.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is excited to participate in the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, taking place in person in Boston on April 22–27, 2023.
Top highlights include: Government to launch $300M Azlheimer's research database, new COVID variant XBB.1.16 spotted in 18 US states, and novel treatment shows promise against rare cancer in kids.
In March 2023, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced twenty nine new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have discovered a critical role that inflammation plays in liver regeneration after liver resection. While effective regeneration requires some inflammation, too much of it causes regeneration failure. They also discovered that patients experiencing dysfunctional liver regeneration had a significantly dysregulated gene known as DUSP4 – a finding that could help support targeted therapeutic strategies administered before or after surgical resection to prevent liver failure.